Sociology (SOC) at Virginia Western Community College
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- SOC 198 - Seminar and Project
- Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - SOC 199 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - SOC 200 - Principles of Sociology
- Introduces fundamentals of social life. Presents significant research and theory in areas such as culture, social structure, socialization, deviance, social stratification, and social institutions.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 207 - Medical Sociology
- Surveys the social, economic, cultural, and individual factors in health and illness. Examines issues of wellness, health-care systems, physician-nurse-patient relationships, medical costs, ethics and policy.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 211 - Principles of Anthropology I
- Inquires into the origins, development, and diversification of human biology and human cultures. Includes fossil records, physical origins of human development, human population genetics, linguistics, cultures' origins and variation, and historical and contemporary analysis of human societies. Part I of II. This is a Passport Transfer course.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 212 - Principles of Anthropology II
- Inquires into the origins, development, and diversification of human biology and human cultures. Includes fossil records, physical origins of human development, human population genetics, linguistics, cultures' origins and variation, and historical and contemporary analysis of human societies. Part II of II.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 215 - Sociology of the Family
- Studies topics such as marriage and family in social and cultural context. Addresses the single scene, dating and marriage styles, child-rearing, husband and wife interaction, single parent families, alternative lifestyles.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 218 - Family Violence
- Examines occasions and reasons family relationships do not work. Includes types of family violence, and its prevention.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 225 - Sociology of Gender
- Analyzes influence of major social institutions and socialization in shaping and changing sex roles in contemporary society. Examines differential access to positions of public power and authority for men and women.(3 Cr.) Lecture 3 hours, Total 3 hours per week
Ability to read in English at the college level.3 credits - SOC 226 - Human Sexuality
- Studies sociological research and theory on sexuality. Includes anatomy and physiology, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and sexual behavior. Also approved for offering as HLT 136.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 235 - Juvenile Delinquency
- Studies demographic trends, casual theories, and control of juvenile delinquency. Presents juveniles' interaction with family, schools, police, courts, treatment programs, and facilities. Also approved for ADJ Juvenile curriculum.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 236 - Criminology
- Studies research and causal theories of criminal behavior. Examines crime statistics, crime victims, and types of criminal offenses. Introduces role of police, judicial and correctional system in treatment and punishment of offenders. Is also approved for ADJ Criminology.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 245 - Sociology of Aging
- Introduces study of aging with special emphasis on later stages of the life cycle. Includes theories of aging, historical and comparative settings, social policy, and future trends of aging.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 246 - Death and Society
- Analyzes death and its relationship to social behavior and societal institutions. Focuses attention on types of death, bereavement, funerals, estate planning/inheritance, and the student's own responses to these issues.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 247 - Death and Dying
- Studies theoretical, practical, and historical aspects of death. Focuses upon student's own ideas, feeling, and attitudes toward death and dying and the significance and consequences of those attitudes.Lecture 3 hours per week.
Divisional Approval3 credits - SOC 250 - Sociology of Sport
- Provides the student with a better understanding of the social processes involved in sports. Looks at how the media, community, tradition, and privilege play an integral role in the participation of sporting events. Covers why sports exist, who plays sports, and what will become of sports in the future.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 252 - Sociology Through Visual Media
- Demonstrates the complex intersection of social institutions and structures and individual behavior as portrayed through visual media by focusing on economics, education, class, race, gender, the justice system, the media and politics. Shows how social structures and behavior can result in forms of social stratification.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 266 - Race and Ethnicity
- Considers race and ethnicity as social constructs that deeply affect our personal experience and our social institutions. Examines the relationships of racial and ethnic groups with each other and with the larger society, and the ways in which these relationships are constantly changing. Explores the experience of different groups and examines ideas of racial justice and equality. Introduces significant theoretical approaches to the study of race and ethnicity.(3 Cr.) Lecture 3 hours, Total 3 hours per week
Ability to read in English at the college level.3 credits - SOC 268 - Social Problems
- Applies sociological concepts and methods to analysis of current social problems. Includes delinquency and crime, mental illness, drug addiction, alcoholism, sexual behavior, population crisis, race relations, family and community disorganization, poverty, automation, wars, and disarmament.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SOC 295 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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